MobileRead Wiki is 4 years old

DaleDe · 04-16-2010, 03:38 PM

April marks the 4 year anniversary of the MobileRead wiki. Actually it was placed in service on April 10th but there were only some token pages available at that time. Over the next couple of weeks there was quite a bit of work on the site. With the home page taking its final form on April 23rd. You can view the page by looking here. It remained the same for more than a year after that. It looks amazingly like the Main Page today although a few things have been added. No reason to mess with perfection, I guess.

It struggled through the summer and by August 20, 2006 it had 31 pages. Interest was pretty high with 21,133 views and 8 pages had more than 1,000 hits. You can review the history of the site at: Wiki Statistics.
Initially the interest focused on eBook Readers and that continues to be high on the list of topics. As a matter of fact the top ten list of most visited pages has only 2 pages that were not originally written in 2006. The iLiad initially got lots of attention and the last iLiad page only dropped out of top ten a couple of months ago. However lately the wiki interest has favored more generic topics with the exception of the top page, E-book Reader Matrix, which has more than a million hits just on the one page (yes thats 1,000,000). In 2006 there were only 4 devices to compare, the Sony 500, the iLiad, and two Hanlins, but today there is a huge number with more appearing every day.

April 1st this year saw the wiki reach 7,000,000 hits so this anniversary marks the vision of the original posters in making it a valuable resource for this community over the last 4 years. With your help it can continue to be a major resource here at MobileRead. We are adding a million hits about every 3 months these days.

Dale

zelda_pinwheel · 04-16-2010, 03:52 PM

woohoo !! four years of wiki goodness !! that calls for a celebration ! hats off to you Dale for your amazing work to make this ressource what it is today. let's toast to the first million hits for the main page, the first four years, and the now huge comparison matrix.

bravo and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed !

CleverClothe · 04-16-2010, 04:53 PM

Happy birthday MobileRead Wiki!

They grow up so fast...

dreams · 04-16-2010, 05:09 PM

Happy Birthday, MR Wiki, and a BIG THANK YOU to all those contributors that make it such a great resource to consult.

Moe The Cat · 04-16-2010, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

let's toast to the first million hits for the main page, the first four years, and the now huge comparison matrix.

At age 4, is the MR Wiki allowed to drink?

zelda_pinwheel · 04-16-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

At age 4, is the MR Wiki allowed to drink?

hm, good point. well, no worries, i'll have 2 drinks, to compensate.

poohbear_nc · 04-16-2010, 05:44 PM

I'll have a double too! Please!

beppe · 04-16-2010, 05:59 PM

Well done! Thanks a lot.

Hamlet53 · 04-16-2010, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

At age 4, is the MR Wiki allowed to drink?

1 Wiki year equals 10 human years, so yes.

alecE · 04-16-2010, 11:05 PM

Happy birthday (raises coffee cup) - cheers!

Katti's Cat · 04-17-2010, 01:45 AM

Happy Birthday MR Wiki and a HUUUUUUUGE Thank you to all contributors. Awesome job.

Iñigo · 04-17-2010, 06:07 AM

Congratulations

Keloff · 04-17-2010, 05:21 PM

Congratulations to everyone involved! A well-managed wiki is the most valuable resource any community can have. May it grow to be even more definitive.

neilmarr · 04-18-2010, 05:08 AM

Many thanks to everyone for making this the invaluable community it is. Many happy returns, folks. Neil

GeoffC · 04-18-2010, 06:47 AM

It may be too young at 4 to drink, but I'm sure it'd not say no to a large chocolate cake ....

04-16-2010, 03:38 PM	#1
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	MobileRead Wiki is 4 years old April marks the 4 year anniversary of the MobileRead wiki. Actually it was placed in service on April 10th but there were only some token pages available at that time. Over the next couple of weeks there was quite a bit of work on the site. With the home page taking its final form on April 23rd. You can view the page by looking here. It remained the same for more than a year after that. It looks amazingly like the Main Page today although a few things have been added. No reason to mess with perfection, I guess. It struggled through the summer and by August 20, 2006 it had 31 pages. Interest was pretty high with 21,133 views and 8 pages had more than 1,000 hits. You can review the history of the site at: Wiki Statistics. Initially the interest focused on eBook Readers and that continues to be high on the list of topics. As a matter of fact the top ten list of most visited pages has only 2 pages that were not originally written in 2006. The iLiad initially got lots of attention and the last iLiad page only dropped out of top ten a couple of months ago. However lately the wiki interest has favored more generic topics with the exception of the top page, E-book Reader Matrix, which has more than a million hits just on the one page (yes thats 1,000,000). In 2006 there were only 4 devices to compare, the Sony 500, the iLiad, and two Hanlins, but today there is a huge number with more appearing every day. April 1st this year saw the wiki reach 7,000,000 hits so this anniversary marks the vision of the original posters in making it a valuable resource for this community over the last 4 years. With your help it can continue to be a major resource here at MobileRead. We are adding a million hits about every 3 months these days. Dale Last edited by DaleDe; 04-16-2010 at 06:14 PM.

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04-16-2010, 03:52 PM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	woohoo !! four years of wiki goodness !! that calls for a celebration ! hats off to you Dale for your amazing work to make this ressource what it is today. let's toast to the first million hits for the main page, the first four years, and the now huge comparison matrix. bravo and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed !

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CleverClothe Guru Posts: 618 Karma: 493394 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Device: iRex iLiad, Onyx Boox 60	Happy birthday MobileRead Wiki! They grow up so fast...

04-16-2010, 05:09 PM	#4
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Happy Birthday, MR Wiki, and a BIG THANK YOU to all those contributors that make it such a great resource to consult.

04-16-2010, 05:44 PM	#7
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,229 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I'll have a double too! Please!

04-16-2010, 05:59 PM	#8
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Well done! Thanks a lot.

04-16-2010, 11:05 PM	#10
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Happy birthday (raises coffee cup) - cheers!

04-17-2010, 01:45 AM	#11
Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	Happy Birthday MR Wiki and a HUUUUUUUGE Thank you to all contributors. Awesome job.

04-17-2010, 06:07 AM	#12
Iñigo Guru Posts: 731 Karma: 72743 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Here or there Device: iRex iLiad, iRex DR800S. K4NT. Kobo Aura, Aura One, Libra 2.	Congratulations

04-17-2010, 05:21 PM	#13
Keloff Electronic media explorer Posts: 64 Karma: 169796 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Kindle (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation), iPad 2	Congratulations to everyone involved! A well-managed wiki is the most valuable resource any community can have. May it grow to be even more definitive.

04-18-2010, 05:08 AM	#14
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Many thanks to everyone for making this the invaluable community it is. Many happy returns, folks. Neil

04-18-2010, 06:47 AM	#15
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	It may be too young at 4 to drink, but I'm sure it'd not say no to a large chocolate cake ....